Tong Guan was waiting for Zhao Ji's question, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, there was a lot of turmoil in the Xingqing Mansion of the Xia State, and then there was a battle between several forces led by the crown prince and the king of Yue, and now the country is even more unstable...... And the root cause of all this turmoil is actually caused by Sun Tu. As he spoke, he gave a concise account of his various experiences in Western Xia as detailed in Sun Tu's letter.

After saying this, not only Zhao Ji, but also the other courtiers were a little stunned when they heard it, if all this was true, then Sun Tu's courage was too great, and his credit was indeed as Tong Guan said, much greater than any previous credit.

You must know that the Western Xia has already become a problem in the hearts of the Great Song Dynasty over the years, although they may not really pose much of a threat to the Song Dynasty, but they have been dragging down the most elite Western army of the Great Song Dynasty, causing their plan to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had to be delayed again and again. In addition, the years of war with the Western Xia also consumed too much of the Great Song Dynasty's money, food, and national strength, and the military expenditure of the Western Army alone was more than one million.

If all this was really done by Sun Tu and led to endless civil strife in Xia, even if the Great Song Dynasty did not take this opportunity to send troops to destroy his country, this would be regarded as a great merit. Zhao Ji was even more overjoyed at this time, and couldn't help but praise: "If this is the case, Sun Tu can take such a big risk for the Great Song Dynasty to enter the enemy country, it is really a rare loyal courtier." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, it is precisely because he understands Sun Tu's personality and knows that he has always been loyal to the court and His Majesty, so he dares to say that his various actions in Qingzhou must also be considered for my Great Song Dynasty!" Tong Guan took the opportunity to completely characterize the matter.

Gao Yu was a little anxious when he heard this, and he didn't care about the emperor's attitude now, so he hurriedly spoke up again: "Tong Shumi, you may not be able to do what you say." How did you know that this change in Xia Guo was caused by Sun Tu? Is it because he himself wrote you a letter to show his merits? How dare you believe such words? If you want me to say, he is clearly robbing and not his own credit. ”

As soon as Gao Yu spoke, his henchmen and others also echoed him: "Yes, Tong Shumi, how can you be accurate just by relying on Sun Tu's one-sided words?" Maybe he was only able to get out of hiding in the east of the Liao Kingdom in the past few months, and he hadn't even been to the Xia Kingdom at all. ”

"That is, it is a big fluke that he can return to the Great Song Dynasty alive from the Liao Kingdom, how can he rush to the Xia Kingdom thousands of miles away, and still make such a big deal there!" …… The skeptics kept putting forward their own opinions, which made Zhao Ji hesitate a little, whether what Tong Guan said was true or not, don't be deceived by others.

Gao Yu had already guessed that Gao Yu would question the authenticity of this matter, so he didn't feel the slightest panic at this time, but just glanced at everyone and said: "Your Majesty, the minister would not dare to boldly bully the king, if it wasn't for Sun Tu to come up with empirical evidence, the minister would not dare to propose it here." ”

"Oh, but what proof?"

"One of them is the token of this elite iron harrier of the Xia Kingdom, which is the key to his escape from the Xia capital by taking it from the Xia people." Tong Guan said and took out the token that he had been hiding, which was naturally sent by Sun Tu with the letter.

Looking at this iron token with a shape that is very different from the Great Song Dynasty waist card, Zhao Ji believed it a little more. But someone still snorted: "What kind of evidence is a token?" There must be a large number of seizures in the Western Army, and Tong Shumi, you are a person who has had many confrontations with the Xia people on the Western Front......" Although the latter words were not finished, the implication was already very clear, that is, they thought that this was Tong Guan's fraud.

These words made Tong Guan feel annoyed, and after staring at the other party deeply, he also snorted coldly, and then continued: "Of course, this one piece of physical evidence is not enough, but there are still human witnesses here. ”

"Human witnesses? Could it be that the Privy Counsellor of the Xia Kingdom planned to let the monarchs and ministers of the Xia Kingdom come to my Great Song Dynasty to testify? Gao Yu teased, he really didn't believe that the other party could come up with any witness at this time. Even if he really has any testimony when he takes a step back, he can say that what this person says is not credible!

Tong Guan looked confident, and after glancing at the emperor, he fell on one of the ministers in the class: "Li Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, you went to the Xia Kingdom this time to meet their privy envoy Wuguruya, and met the envoy of the Liao State there unexpectedly?" ”

Li Shilang, who was named by him, suddenly changed his expression, and his actions in Xingqing Mansion were actually mastered by Tong Guan? At this time, the kings and ministers of the palace all looked at him, so he could only take a step forward and nod in response: "That's exactly the ......."

"And after that?" Tong Guan said, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he replied again: "You and the Liao envoy had a good argument in front of that Ugurugya, but before he could make a statement, someone appeared and disturbed the situation at that time, but is there such a thing?" ”

"No, that's good." Li Shilang nodded again, but the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, all his actions were under Tong Guan's control, which was also terrifying.

In fact, one of the few people who appeared that day was Sun Tu, who was under the pseudonym Sun Qianli at that time, and was under the command of King Yue. It is precisely because of this layer of protection that he was able to make that big mess in Xingqing Mansion. Now the Western Xia Kingdom is still drawing pictures to arrest this 'traitor' called Sun Qianli, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to the Xia Kingdom to inquire. In addition, this thousand miles is Sun Tu's expression, and many people know about it. Now do you still suspect that Sun Tu is taking the lead? Tong Guan said, looking at Gao Yu and the others again.

And this time, they finally stopped speaking out, because the facts were already in front of them, and of course they couldn't deny it forcibly. At the same time, many people were also surprised in their hearts, this Sun Tu's courage and ability are really boundless, not only did he get out safely in Liao, but he also went to Xixia to make such a big mess, no wonder this person can be promoted to a prisoner all the way in a short period of time, no wonder he dares to make such a big move in Qingzhou, and even can attract Tong Guan and Gao Yu, the two powerful ministers, to turn their faces directly because of him!

Zhao Ji was very happy, and nodded again and again: "In this way, this Sun Tu has indeed made a great contribution to Sheji, I really want to see him with my own eyes and reward him well!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that even so, it can't offset the serious crime that Sun Tu committed in Qingzhou!" With Gao Yu's eyes, an official immediately stepped forward again and said: "Even if he has made great achievements outside, he is still an unforgivable sin in Qingzhou." Merit is merit, sin is sin, and it cannot be confused! ”

Xiang Langzhong's words are wrong, so since Sun Tu is dedicated to the country, what he did in Qingzhou must also have a reason. As I said before, he killed Gao Xiang and others in order to avoid a mutiny in Qingzhou, so in my opinion, this is not only not a crime, but on the contrary, it is another credit. ”

"Otherwise, no official in the hundred years of my Great Song Dynasty has ever been lynched and killed, how different is this kind of practice from rebellion......

Suddenly, the ministers of the palace quarreled again over this issue, Gao Yu's henchmen, Tong Guan's vassals, plus some civil officials who already had prejudices against military generals...... The forces of all parties put forward their own reasons and argued, but for a while, no one could convince anyone, and everyone's voices became louder and louder, and their emotions became more and more excited.

Even Zhao Ji didn't expect the ministers to fight so blushing for this, and he was suddenly a little stunned. After a long time, his face sank and he shouted, "Shut up!" ”

Seeing that the emperor was angry, the ministers realized that they were a little too involved, and hurriedly shut up, and then asked the emperor for guilt. Zhao Ji didn't mean to blame them, but said with a wry smile: "You quarrel like this, even if you quarrel for three days and nights, you may not be able to have a result." And there is some truth in what you have said, which really makes me a little confused about who to listen to. Speaking of this, his gaze fell on the old minister who was closest to him with half-closed eyes and seemed to be dozing: "Master Cai, what do you think about this matter?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present held their breath, although Cai Jing had been very silent at the court meeting, but he played a pivotal role in everything, as long as he spoke, it would be the final word.

And Cai Jing seemed to have just been woken up, slowly opened his old eyes, and after glancing at Gao Yu and Tong Guan, he coughed low and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Sun Tu is a loyal minister or has other intentions, and we can't fight here." If you want to know his true heart, you should try it. ”

"What do you mean?" Zhao Ji suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked.

"That Sun Tu has made a lot of contributions to the imperial court before, has some skills in training and using soldiers, and has also pacified the Qingzhou banditry. And now, there is a bandit rampant in Shandong, so that the imperial court has no way to deal with them for a while, it is better to let Sun Tu lead the army to quell the chaos. As long as he can do this, it will prove that he is indeed my Great Song Gancheng, and all the previous achievements are also credits, and it will not be too late for His Majesty to reward him generously. But if he fails to quell the chaos, this is one of his crimes, I don't know what Your Majesty's holy will is? Cai Jing slowly said what he meant.

Zhao Ji thought about it carefully, and nodded thoughtfully: "This is indeed a method." Since last year, the Liangshan thieves have plundered everywhere and caused a lot of local chaos, although the imperial court has sent troops to encircle and suppress it several times but have returned in vain, since Sun Tu is the capital of Jingdong Road, and he is good at using troops to quell the chaos, then let him use his own merits to clear the charges! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" It was not Cai Jing who said this, but Tong Guan. And after seeing him say this, Gao Yu chuckled in his heart, he still felt some reason, and immediately realized that this matter was not simple, I am afraid that Tong Guan had already spoken to Cai Jing.

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